Biography
Amy Lott helps clients structure corporate transactions, including stock and asset acquisitions, mergers, private placements, joint ventures, and financings. She frequently works with privately held and venture-backed companies, private funds, banks, family offices, entrepreneurs, and individual investors.
Amy represents domestic and international clients across a broad range of industries, including software, energy, real estate, health care, banking, investment management, mining and refining, food and beverage, and manufacturing. She often serves as outside general counsel, providing strategic guidance on tax-efficient entity and transaction structuring, investment vehicles, regulatory compliance, business disputes, and day-to-day contractual, operational, and governance matters.
By leveraging her firsthand knowledge of each client’s business, Amy advises directors, executives, and business owners on proactive solutions for corporate governance issues and regulatory compliance. Clients also value her guidance throughout every stage of a deal, from conception to post-closing, which builds confidence in their decisions at each step.
Whether connecting a client with trusted financing sources or leading a carefully selected team of lawyers and business professionals to resolve a complex issue, she explores every available option to ensure clients achieve their objectives efficiently and effectively.
Court Admissions
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Education
- J.D. Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law
- MBA Dallas Baptist University
- B.A. Dallas Baptist University
Memberships
- Dallas Bar Association
- Dallas Bar Association of Women Empowered to Lead in the Legal Profession
- Southern Dallas Task Force, Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce
- Class Advisor, DRC Leadership Dallas, Class of 2026
- Graduate & Chairman, Arts and Culture Committee, DRC Leadership Dallas, Class of 2025
- Texas Health Lawyers Association
- Women’s Association of Venture and Equity (WAVE)
- Vice Chair, Sustainability Committee, No One Left Behind
- Ellis County Women in Business
- Former Director and Vice President, Duncanville Education Foundation
- Former Director, Divine Equine Therapeutic Riding Center
- Former Co-Chair, Deal Skills Boot Camp Committee, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (DAYL)
- Co-Chair, “A Night in Havana” gala benefiting Children at Risk
- Former Director, Jericho Road
Achievements
- The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law®, Mergers and Acquisitions Law (2025- 2026)
- Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
- Super Lawyers Rising Star®, Securities & Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business/Corporate, Aviation and Aerospace, Dallas, TX (2016-2020)
- Super Lawyers®, Securities & Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business/Corporate, Aviation and Aerospace, Dallas, TX (2020)
Speaking Engagements
- “Alpha to Zeta – Healthcare Transactions in an Evolving COVID World,” Dallas Bar Association – Health Law Section (October 20, 2021)
- “Ethical Issues that Arise in Transactional Work,” Dallas Association of Young Lawyers (July 2017)
- “Women’s Empowerment: Planning for your Business,” U.S. Trust 2017 Women’s Series (April 2017)
- “Common Mistakes Business Owners Make – and Some Easy Solutions,” National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (October 2016)
- “There’s a Clause for That: What Every Entrepreneur Needs to Know About Drafting Corporate Documents and Contracts,” Small Business and Entrepreneur Mixer (January 2016)
- “Key Provisions in an APA,” Dallas Association of Young Lawyers’ Deal Skills Boot Camp (September 2015)
Publications
- “Labor Enforcement Risk Is Reshaping Deal Terms in Staffing-Heavy Sectors,” Association of Corporate Counsel (November 24, 2025)
- “Do You Want to Know a Secret? How Counsel Can Help Protect the Company’s Bottom Line Through Prudent Insurance Reporting Practices,” Association of Corporate Counsel (November 2022)
